Poor Mr. Chisholm chords by Fred Astaire
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Verse 1
(C sharp major) (D major) (C sharp major) (D major) (C sharp major) (D major) (C sharp major) (D major) (C sharp major) (D major) Got
a mandolin (C sharp major) for the second hand
(D major) From a
(C sharp major) Mr.
(D major) Chisholm (C sharp major) in the local band
Had (F sharp major) the sweetest tone, resonant and low
Often (D major) (C sharp major) made me (D major) wonder (C sharp major) why he let it go
If (D major) you have the (B major) time,
(F sharp major) how they parted (C sharp major) company
And he offered it for sale makes
a fascinating tale
(D major) Poor
Mr.
(C sharp major) Chisholm played (F sharp major) on the mandolin
(C sharp major) (D major) But he couldn't win
(B flat major) cause (B major) he (F sharp major) tried to swing
An (C sharp major) d he broke (D major) a string every time
Poor (G flat major) (G major) (D flat major) (A major) (D major)
(D flat major) Mr.
Chisholm just (G flat major) couldn't dig the (D major) jive
When he did arrive (B major) at (D major) the (E major) proper note
(C sharp major) He arrived by (D major) boat (C sharp major) every time
He (D major) (D flat major) tried (D flatdim) to jazz up (D flat major) his mandolin
But (D flatdim) nev er could (G flat major) quite (D flat major) con trol it
He al (C sharpdim) ways brought by
(D major) and handle in (B major)
When (E major) it took a lick,
(C sharp major) he always (D major) broke a pick (A major)
(D major) Poor
Mr.
(C sharp major) Chisholm, you're (F sharp major) quite
a gay old (C sharp major) blade
With your ser (B flat major) enade, but your (E major) carnage
(F sharp major) Jack fed a (D major) truck gone back to
Dubuque
Get a youth, (B major) you (C sharp major) disgrace your kin
On the (E flat major) mandolin (A flat major) every (C sharp major) time (D major)
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
man!
You disgrace your kin on
the mandolin every time.
(D major)
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